Beta Build 13066 - Portals removed from Shattrath and Dalaran
Blizzard doesn't want you to use Shattrath and Dalaran as portal hubs anymore, the latest beta update removed all the portal to the cities and replaced them with class trainers.

Cataclysm Release Date Postponed (Not Official)
A few weeks ago I announced that the target release date for Cataclysm was November 2. Well, according to an update I just got, the release has been postponed and Blizzard will try to release the game in early December. (Basically, either December 7 or December 14)

The Cataclysm by itself will happen earlier and will let you play in the "new" zone for a couple of days/weeks before you can buy the expansion and access the level 85 content. Keep in mind that they're mostly inside info, they're not official and I just report them because ... well, I'm sure you all want to know when it's supposed to happen.

Guess the pvp-sets are rather strange and/or far from finished..the for example the warrior one got expertise on the shoulders, only the hands got crit and the setbonus is 300 agi (..to balance the lack of crit ?)..

No portals, what a fucking bullshit change so now I need to beg a mage to portal me to SW/IF even though 99% of them are too bloody lazy to spend 20 seconds helping someone out? kinda sucks if it gets delayed was waiting for it to level a worgen priest and I'm bored of WOTLK but it's all good, rather it got delayed and came out better instead of being released and being shit. But no portals? christ, do Blizzard enjoy taking the piss or what? what harm did they do?

I don't see a problem. A good compensation of 50-100g for the wasted seconds will make few mages to raise an eyebrow in your direction.

I like how all of you are freaking out and wanting it in November. The game still obviously still needs alot of work and I would rather have a well put together game then have it release all screwed up because 20% of the player base has IRL plans and won't be here for days/months whatever.The release was never scheduled to come out for when it was most convenient to you, it was meant to come out when its READY.

Are you completely stupid? You called him on numbers when he quoted the most often-used figure for subscribers and gave a huge safety net by allowing you to halve it, even if you don't agree with the figures you don't need to be a genius to work out why he said it.

*rubs her temples* First off, it's not racist, I think there's a word for it, anti-semetic or something. Because jews aren't a race, it's a religion and kinda a race...it's a whole mess I'm not getting into.

Second, it's ignorant in a slang, and not official sense, because he knows I was joking and was taking from a stereotype that someone who is jewish might not be so generous.

Lame. Typical Blizzard Butthead move though. They never set any actual dates because they themselves know that they are terrible at their jobs. Shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone really they love to back out on anything they basically promise (Where are those dances that were supposed to come out LAST EXPANSION as indicated by at least half of their trailers as an important feature?)

Also 4.0.3 without Cactaclysm? Also lame, so now we are supposed to experience half the content without the two new races or new race/class combos? Barely a point in that seeing as most people who wanted certain alts have already started/finished them. So is blizzard trying to make the experience lackluster? How exactly are they supposed to stop level 80 players from accessing 80+ zones as several do have a walking entrance?

Also wtf with the portal removal? For this to make sense there must not be an 85 level hub with portals and that means that Cataclysm Endgame will get a bit annoying at times. It better not be Tol Barad (sp?) because the bland alliance greatly outnumber horde on my server and we will rarely own it. Greater numbers = more likely the people who join are good/enthusiastic and extra health buffs (tenacity) do nothing when 20 people chain-stun you

sorry to reply to this so late in the thread but WTF? blizzard are frigging spectacular software developers, if you can name another software dev that hasn't let their *internal unreleased dates* slip by a month or so you're a genius. blizzard are freaking machines with the rate they push high quality content, if i could fault them it would be for not making the new instance (with the dragon, whatever it was i never really bothered with it) bigger, harder and drop better gear. removing the portals i'll give you but i hope that's just temporary

Wait... so they are seriously going to make ilvl 346 items purchasable with points that can be gotten from WotLK heroics? What is to stop people from just going back and farming level 80 instances for points at 85? Will the WotLK instances stop giving points after Cataclysm drops?

Wait... so they are seriously going to make ilvl 346 items purchasable with points that can be gotten from WotLK heroics? What is to stop people from just going back and farming level 80 instances for points at 85? Will the WotLK instances stop giving points after Cataclysm drops?

The point cap obviously. You are gonna get 1/2, maybe even 1 whole item, if you save points now, since they are obviously gonna raise the cap again, once Cata is released. No big issue.

I'd rather play a buggy Cataclysm then not play anything (good) at all (account has been cancelled since WotLK got stale months ago). The majority of people aren't lucky enough to have beta. Guarantee at least 70% of people who are saying "Cataclysm isn't ready yet" have the beta so they're opinion is skewed/biased because they already get to play around with all the bells and whistles (not to mention for free) then act all pretentious when normal people would like to play a game Blizzard has been dangling in front of our noses for over a year now.

Basically Blizzard announced Cataclysm too early (although I would agree it would be hard to keep development a total secret). Now all the Cataclysm info they slowly leak out is just to keep the suckers paying while Blizzard jerks them around with "soon...". Somebody mentioned that Cataclysm will have to be released in 2010 because stockholders were told that it would, now either Blizzard has stupidly backed themselves into a corner because they couldn't get their ass in gear or it seems Cataclysm will be released with bugs. Like i said a buggy cataclysm would be better than nothing but I don't think that should exclude people from complaining about blizzards shotty work because it is their fault in the first place for building it up then squirting out shit (exaggerating, but seems more lackluster every announcement) because after 6 years they don't know how to make their own game on schedule